star

Meaning of star

noun
  1. Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
  2. A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
  3. A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
  4. An actor in a leading role.
    Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
  5. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
    His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
  6. An asterisk (*).
  7. A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
  8. A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
  9. A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
    What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
  10. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
  11. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
verb
  1. To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
  2. To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
  3. To mark with a star or asterisk.
  4. To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
  5. To shine like a star.

Information about star

Hyphenation of star

star

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • star is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

star synonyms

Meaning leading:

leading, prima, starring, stellar

Meaning ace:

ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

Meaning principal:

principal, lead

Meaning headliner:

headliner

Meaning asterisk:

asterisk

Translation of star

Anagrams of star

Arst, arts, rast, rats, Sart, sart, Srta, stra, tars, tsar

Words that rhyme with star

Star, Alphastar, megastar, seastar, Redstar, loadstar, wordstar, Cestar, Estar, Lonestar, bestar, brittlestar, evestar, homorestar, lodestar, polestar, testar, Dogstar, morningstar, Techstar, earthstar, EpiStar, Wistar, PulStar, Solstar, Telstar, Trelstar, Valstar, REMstar, enstar, instar, sunstar, unstar, BioStar, Lithostar, Prostar, costar, protostar, Silverstar, superstar, KnightStar, bentstar, shotstar, Custar, daystar

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